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RESOLUTION NO. 2558 REQUESTING AID FRO~ DEPA~ T~NT OF FINANCE FOR REPAIR OF JOINT OUTFALL S57;ER BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COI~CIL OF THE CITY OF S~TA ANA: WHEREAS, flood waters of the Santa Ana river between the 2nd and 15th days of Hatch, 1958, completely destroyed portions of the outfall sewer which served the City of Santa Ana and other municipalities and sanitary districts in the County of Orange for the disposal of domestic sewage; and %~{EREAS, estimates of the cost of reconstruction of such outfall sewer amount to approximately the sum of ~540,000.00; and WHEREAS, such damage has been incurred in what is known as Sections I and 2 of said outfall sewer, and the main sewer line of this City, which empties into said Joint outfall sewer, and which such estimates are divided as follows: Santa Aha Rain Sewer line, ~25,000.00; Sewer Screening Plant, ~75,000.00; Section No. i of Joint Outfall Sewer, ~145,000.00; Section 2 of Joint 0utfall Sewer, ~95,000.00. That all of such estimates are amounts necessary to be raised by Cities after allowance for W.P.A. assistance, except the ~25,000.00 for Santa Ana Hain Sewer Line which is total estimated cost of such reconstruction with ~lO,O00.00 to be raised by this City, and WHEREAS, this City is flnanci~lly unable to meet the costs necessary to be borne by it for such reconstruction, and WHEREAS, said estimates include said Section 2 which lies adjacent to the City of Santa Aha serves other cities in the community, the destruction of which may seriously affect the public health and safety in the City of Santa Ana; but is not maintained or operated by this City, and WtUEREAS, said Section No. I is jointly maintained and operated by the City of Santa Ana and other cities and sanitary districts in said County of Orange, and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does hereby petition the Department of Finance of the State of California to allocate to the relief and assistance of this City the sum of ~245,000.00 out of moneys made available for such purpose by the Special Session of the Legislature of the State of California, which convened on the 7th day of N~rch, 19~8, to the reconstruction of such joint outfall sewer in the County of Orange, and that such money be made available both for labor and material for such purposes. ~The foreg~fhg request is made for the reason that an emergency exists for the immediate reconstruction of said j$int outfall sewer in order to preserve the public health and safety of the City of San~a Ana, as well as the people of the County of Orange, and immediate relief is necessary to avoid the danger of disease resulting from such destruction. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of S~uta Aha at a regular adjourned meeting held on the 16th day of March, 19~S. Fred C. Rowland ~Iayor ATTEST: E. L. Vegely City Clerk ( SEAn).